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J. W. SHIDELER.

RACK FOR EXHIBITING SMALL WARES; No. 317,866.

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UNITED STATES PATENT EricE.

JOHN W. SHIDELER, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

RACK FOR EXHlBlTlNG SMALL WARES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 317,866, dated May 12;1885.

' Application filed May 17, 1884. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN W. SHIDELER, of Indianapolis, county of Marion,Indiana, have invented a new and Improved Rack for Exhibiting SmallWVares, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved device forholding and ex which similar letters of reference indicate correspondingparts in both figures.

Figure 1 is a face view of my improved notion-exhibitor; and Fig. 2 is across-sectional elevation of the same on the line a: w, Fig. 1.

On the face of a board, A, a series of trans verse wires, B, are held,which are bent U- shaped, and have their ends bent toform spiral springsG, and the ends of the wires are then secured in the face of the boardat the side edges, the transverse parts of the wires being below thesprings 0. Each transverse wire is provided near the ends with loops Dfor receiving the fingers to pull the free parts of the wires from theboard. A piece of fabric, E, is secured on the face of the board betweenthe ends of the wires. Two wires, F, projecting from the face of theboard at the top, are-bent to form spiral springs G, and the free endsof the said wires project upward and are pressed against the face of theboard. A bail, H, is pivoted on the side edges of the board at the top,and is provided with a hook, J, at its top.

In the use of the device the wires B are pulled from the face of theboard, and the articles to be held are placed under the wires, and whenthe wires are released are pressed by the same against and held on theboard. The piece of fabric E prevents the articles from slipping. Apricecard or advertisingcard is held by the spring wires F on the board.The board is hung by means of the bail H and hook J. The hook J can bebent to fit on the rail-bar or shelf on which the board is to be hung.

Having thus described myinvention,I claim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patent 1. The combination, with the board A, of the wires B,provided with spiral springs O and loops D, and of the wires F,projecting upward and provided with spiral springs G, substantially asherein shown and described.

2. As an improved article of manufacture, a notion-exhibitor consisting,essentially, in the board A, the piece of fabric 0, secured on the facethereof, the wires B, provided with spiral springs G and the loops D,and the upward-projecting wires F,provided with spiral springs G,substantially as set forth.

JOHN IV. SHIDELER.

Witnesses:

LEVI BITTER, CHAS. S. WILTsE.

